# NTSB GAA20WA110: Extra E54T, N540ZA, Iztapa, Guatemala, January 24, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 24, 2020, 23:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Iztapa, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 13.930277, -90.729446
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.9303&lon=-90.7294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20WA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100883/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA110

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N540ZA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EXTRA E54T
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Air race/show, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Steven Korey
- Departed: Iztapa
- Destination: Iztapa

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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